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"I Am Not Through With You Even Yet, Puppy."
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IRCIMSIANCE
j} IHARRY InVING GREENE
Author of"Yosonde of the Wiklerness"
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SY INOPSIS.
m at. a miserly mftllionaiJre
bound and insensible to
cafS rftled and $40,00 mie
eof the story Is taken up
Ter. Livinr to the same
relatives: rekless Bruce
t Clare Wiaton. Bruce.
, has been trying to
gt through a deal and
financial ruin. He has
mmerly uncle and to others
has been refused. Tom
LeDec, an old- me
with a detective age er.
Story Tom reverts to his
wlth a Mrs. Dace, a wealthy
buIlness agent is Richard
bedler and political boss.
of Mackay and is deeply
Dane. Itruce Halliday
e uhn her as an adventuress.
Dace and Mackay togeth
meets the woman at
ed, happentng to mntlon
a tip on the winner. she
I0 to place on the race. The
sad she loses her ioney.
Iaveets In stocks. He makes
and returns the lost 5500 to
at this Juncture that the
from old Abner Halll
Due meets Clare and
hearlS that the key which
Is the house is missing. Mac.
with Mrs. Dace make Tom
The detective Intimates a
Bruce Halliday a the
Winton Indignantly re
accepta Tom as her
eauearages him to lnvest in
s0Iet. Tom has a row with
sa the latter threatens revenge.
ansouncee that he has dis
clews as to the thief.
* it Mackay had got hold of
to the Halliday home and
bea the burglar.
XV--(Continued.)
*t earner a shreking news
5a! between my legs, and
l5 #proar of the street I
hR about a sentence that
ei to gasp and clutch at a
frilt support. Snatching a
him I threw him a coain
to read, the paper shaking
babI Ike a wind-thrummed
e paragraphs told me the
. Jh. Upon ainformation that
given him by Richard
She had been frosen out of
by his co-conspire
Iate's attorney had filed a
proceedlng in which he
S. very life of the fran
oe underground system.
ocical be able to sub
!l attack and prove that
a been obtained by fraud
San Mackay stated, the
deprive the corporation
rights and privileges, take
gSwer to act and render It
lPpotent Under such a
iSition of affairs the stock
absolutely worthless.
this stab at its heart it
fallea with a crash that
half of those who bad rid
rt to ruin. My meager mar
bas wiped out as quickly as
aIheolboy scours his slate.
heen made a bankrupt In
Which it takes to tell it. I
9e paper and staggered into
, my hands pressing my
 WI swam drunkenly before
hdeous gray mist, through
with faces lined and hard
hopes long deferred, passed
aI they plodded silently
!! strained eyes in search of
necessities which bind the
the body together. The roar
came to my deadened
the sullen grumble of thun
oat of the gloom weary
Yd ragged newsboys stared
q1 at my drawn face, none
S, w ea halt so wretchba.
THEIR KING IN DEATH
M.AM.aa Chiefs Go Without
sad Even With Most
c srwnlt Willingness.
-ard, who has spent the
years as a Scottish
~ao the Laban people of
, as returned to Eng
5 noe of seetrg a book
oa his Aftrcan sojourn
. It is different from
hwto publihod on the
For they had abided in the depths and
had not seen the star of hope shining
close above them, whereas 1 had been
hurled from the battlements of heav
en in the twinkling of an eye. Dead
ened of senses and seeing but vague
ly, I went stumbling towards my
broker's office, my only hope being
that I would awake and find that I
had dreamed a nightmare.
His doors were locked. Already a
rabble stood before them vainly clam
oring for admittance, and realizing
the uselessness of remaining here. I
rushed down the stairs and towards
the floor of the exchange. The shriek
ing uproar of thepit was unintelligible
to me, but In the midst of it with his
collar torn from his neck and his coat
split down the back was my agent,
still dancing about insanely with
wild thrusts 6f his fingers into the
air. The frenzy upon his face left me
no vestige of hope, and I turned away
with my brain spinning. Four steps
further and I almost ran into the arms
of Richard Mackay.
His teeth showed beneath his
heavy mustaches: his eyes burned and
his face was stamped with the vin
dictiveness that had brought this in
ferno about. He saw me at once and
a brutal laugh of satisfaction burst
from between the half-sealed lips
which my fist had split. "I did it
partly for your benefit. it that is say
satisfaction to you. But I am not
through with you even yet, puppy."
he said in my ears, as he passed. Too
broken of spirit to resent the insult
other than by a look I passed him in
silence.
How I got through that terrible af
ternoon I am still uncertain, except
in a vague way. I dared not keep my
luncheon engagement with Mrs. Dase
and tell her all; but instead kept
mumbling to myself that I would oall
her up that evening when I had a
chance to think over what I should
say.
There Is always a chance, though
it be only one in a million, that some
thing will be saved out of a wreck:
and come what might matters could
not possibly be more hopeless at
nilhtfall than they were now. And
perhaps by then I could think of some
thing to retrieve myself temporarily;
something which would eventually
start me cace more along the prim
rose way. Scarcely conscious of what
I was doing I wandered to Bruce's of.- I
flee. He was not there, but his clerk
told me that my cousin for some rea
son had closed out all his holdings
the day before at a handsome profit
and had announced himself as through
with speculation. The bitterness of
the contrast between him and myself
brought the tears to my eyes. Should
he carry out this resolve and stick to
his commissions, as I had little doubt
that he would under Clare's persua
sions and the weight of his promise,
his happiness was in his own keeping.
He had undoubtedly again gained a
modest competence, had a good busi
ness and the love of a sweetly beauti
ful and contented 'roman. Verily the
richest gifts of the gods reposed in
the hollow of his hand.
I went home and threw myself hearv
ily upon the bed. At the summons
to the evening meal I failed to re
spond; burying my face in the pillow
instead, as for the hundredth time I
rehearsed what I was to say to Mrs.
Daee. I could only tell her that I had
smsoved a severe setback b,,t was
same subject in that It is the result d
of no brief visit or exploration tour of b
a few months, but of a long period t
spent among a strange people, study
ing their life and character and speak- I
ing to them in their own tongue. In
adding some supplementary notes to t
his book Mr. Crawford said to his pub
lisher:
"The streams of blood that flow at 1
a king's death in the far interior of d
Africa are in a sad, sinister sense realI
red sunsets. It is quit. certain that l
aart om sapecaialties in the 'artile of
planning a new eampugn, and beg of l
her a few days' indulgence until I t
could go over matters. She had told t
me that she was to be at home that e
evening, and it had been understood I
between us that I was to be with her; d
therefore, at eight o'clock I arose and a
called for her number. The voicl of b
Janet answered r-e, telling me that n
her mistress was not at home. t
With an overwhelming presentment 1
of more misery to come. I vainly im- b
piored some information as to where c
she had gone and at what hour she c
was expected to return. The answer h
that I received was a click that told a
me of the hanging up of the earplece b
and my further voicings brought only a
the ringing silence of an unanswering I
wire. I sank into my chair again. t
In the midst of my stupor I heard t
the ringing of the door bell and a mo- 1
ment later the sound of light footsteps b
ascending the stairs. There tas a tap Ii
at my door, and at my listless re- p
sponse LeDuc quietly entered. I saw F
him run his eyes quickly over me as a
he tossed his hat upon the bed and r
drew a chair close beside mine. He t
said nothing, did not even Smile as b
was his habit, and in my misery Ir
did not offer him any greeting. For h
perhaps a minute he sat without h
speaking and then addressed me with r
unwonted gravity: "Tom, I have the h
proofs." a
I started slightly and raised my d
eyes to his. I fancied they were fu'l c
of regret, even sorrow, but his mouth a
was firmly set. My head was hot and t,
my throat dry, and I cleared the lat- t
ter before I spoke. Then I asked a
him hoarsely where they were. n
He laid them on the table before v
me. They consisted of a silver card p
case, a bookmaker's ticket, a bit of a
steel, a soiled piece of paper and a i
small lump of some grayish substance. 1
Stupidly I stared at them.
CHAPTER XVI. n
-i
In the silence that followed the slow a
ticking of the tall clock sounded like h
the tolling of a bell. I shut my eyes. 'c
"Go pt," I commanded as he sat ti
facing me with no signs of any incli
nation to proceed. "What does this fi
junk signify to you?" He got up and d
crossing the room silently bolted the t
door that led to my uncle's apart- n
ments; then resumed his seat and ad- fi
dressed me in the low tones of one a
who adds caution to precaution. te
"When I began this investigation, a
Tom, as I then told you I was about
to do, I commenced to shift the chaff o
from the wheat in order to decrease ii
the number of objects which I would a
in the last analysis be compelled to p
examine with great minuteness. ly n
inquiries made upon the morning I
first came, together with my inspec- t1
tion of the house upon that occasion, t.
satisfied me of several things, among b
which were that Mrs. Tebbets had a
possessed no knowledge of the money is
being in the safe. and because of that Y
and divers other reasons she should a
be eliminated; that your uncle had In d
no wise spreadthe information of his
having the currency to anyone ex
cept yourself and Bruce, and there
fore that he, as a distributor of the
news to outside parties, was to be
eliminated; that the house must have
been entered by the front door, and
therefore that the idea that all par
ties were telling me without reserva
tion all they knew about the matter
was to be eliminated; and lest, that
on account of the unusual drilling of
the safe and the quantity and quality
of the explosiver used, that all thought
of its being the work of a profession
al cracksman must be eliminated. You
see that brought me down to a pretty
narrow field." He ceased speaking.
and with my eyes still closed and my
head resting heavily against the back
of the chair I nodded slightly.
"I understand. Having eliminated
the possibility of its having been done
by a professional, you have brought it
down to Bruce, who possessed a key,
or to Richard Mackay or one of his
friends who might have obtained a
duplicate from the key I left at Mrs.
Dace's, However, go ahead."
"You seem to be following me to
a certain extent Having decided that
ft was the work of an amateur, I was
obliged to start out with those
thoughts in my mind as I attempted
to still further constrnct the circle.
Your key was in the possession of
your uncle at the time of the crime,
and I did not believe that you had
ever had another. Mrs. Tebbets and
your uncle had theirs; Miss Winton's
was missing and you had assured me
that Bruce had been in the possession
of one which he failed to account for;
that he had made rash statements
about getting money; had become
angtry at your uncle; had been in a
generally unnatural and desperate
frame of mind the day before, and
therefore I started in to investigate
him. This seemed to me the most
logical way of going at it. for loom
ing as big as he did among the sur
roundings. I must either concentrate
upon him as the probable thief, or
greatly simplify matters by getting
rid of him altogether. You bad told s
me of his entering a cab the evening I
before the crime, and so I went to a
a friend ofmine who is an oficial in a
the cab drivers' union. They are prac- h
tically all union men in this city, and ti
he sent out a circular to every mem- h
ber of his aseociation calling upon the 0
driver who had conveyed the persan t
deseribed to come forward and receive tl
reward. Within two days I was talk- c
ing to the man who had driven Bruce, a
and in that way found out where he P
spent the night. The cabman drove a
him to a resort ten miles from this tl
place and Bruce spent the night of p
the robbery there asleep." I unclosed
my eyelids with an expression of sur- i
prise. tl
"I did not know that Bruce went to c
such places," I muttered. IeDc h
went on. a
"Nor does he voluntartly. He had b
death' every African chieflet demands c
his legal rights to drag dowa with him tc
to the nether world at least one or a
two splendid spectmeas of the humsa tl
kind. IN
"They always say that these go top
their own death with alacrity, ad di
when I protested they remided me of a
a case known to me by a persnal
linak. That was the Bogo seior lad- U
dent down in the Sesr Pia. At the Is
MpakLi ceremony, and agist all en- tl
treaty to the eontrary, the tntr hid nl
wrile o his yoath Inisteld o pa h
been udra . But I wmI eeme t
that in a moment Having secured
this information, which of course
eliminated him as the active burglar.
I went to him and told him uphill and
down that he was making a blank fool
of himself. When he learned that I
bad uncovered his whereabouts on the
night in question he made a clean
breast of it. While he had been
plunged in despair by the crash, yet
he had taken but two drinks that day,
one being a cocktail with you In a
cafe. Soon after the last drink he
had become stopefied. which fact he
attributed to the reaction from his
highly nervous state, but I came to
a totally different conclusion, although
I said nothing to him about it at the
time. With your assitance he en
tered a cab, and remembered mumb
ling a direction to the driver to take
him to his rooms; yet when he awoke
in the morning he found himself at a
place where he had no desire to be.
Fear of Miss RWinton's displeasure had
made him resolve to remain silent
rather than hurt her by the confession
that he had got drunk, as he imagined
he had. and gone to such a place. I
could not understand why the cabman
had taken it upon himself to convey
him to this resort against Bruce's di
rections, so I came back at the driver
hard. By the dint of more questions.
aided by a few judicious threats, I
drew out the information that the
change in address had been given by
a certain party whom the driver knew
to be a friend of his passenger from
the fact of having seen them together,
and who had stopped him and given
new instructions as to where to con
vey the sleeping one inside. That ex
plained the driver's peculiar actions.
and things were becoming decidedly
interesting. Although practically sat
isfied now that Bruce had had nothing
oven indirectly to do with the matter.
I neverthless went a little further in
my investigations. I was very much
Interested to find out where he had
secured the money which had enabled
him to resume his operations on
'change. When t had convinced him
that I would keep the information ab
solutely secret, he told me that it was
furnished him by a woman client who
did not care to have her name men
tioned in connection with speculative
matters. I traced the story to its
foundation and learned that it was ab
solutely true. That left only one mat
ter to be explained so far as Bruce
was concerned."
"I suppose you mean his possession
of the key and his denial that he had
it, coupled with the possibility that
some one else had somehow come into
possession of it," I said, breaking the
moment's lull. LeDuc nodded.
"Exactly. I was almost certain from
the time that Miss Winton announced
the loss of her key that it had some
how got into the possession of her
sweetheart; for its disappearance
from her keeping convinced me that
you had not been mistaken when you
said Bruce had exhibited it or its
duplicate. I had several talks with
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Tom allday. St Veur Une Money.
"~Tom Halliday. You Stole Your Unle's Monemy."
him and her ow the subject, and they
I still insisted with a positiveness that
I I could not ignore that their original
statements were absolutely correct;
a namely, she denied that she had ever
- loaned him the key, and he asserted
I that he had no knowledge of ever
having it in his possession. I made
them rehearse all their actions when
a together for some days previous to
the robbery, and finally a thought
came to her. She remembered that a
short time previous while she and
Bruce had been strolling together that
sne had slipped her pocketbook con
I taining the key into his side coat
r pocket for a few moments while she
I was putting on her gloves. And that
in turn suggested an idea to me. Had
the pocketbook been partially un
clasped, the key might easily enough
have fallen from it into his pocket.
and not haying any occasion to use
I tfr f the a~t few d+vs she naturally
companyling her own consort into the
tomb of sufocatio 8bhe brushed
aside the younger folk and ordered
the catching sad cooking of the beet
barnyard fowl for her own last sp
per. She assisted at her own last
death toilet; her own cleansing and
anointing unto her own burial.
"'Who should go with my lord but
me' she said in response to the wall.
lag of the mourning women. And
then, when the first sough of the
ntiht wtind pased over the peat fen
bog, this old living sacrifice hobbled
enouga had as adead I Soe We
got the cost he had worn an that I
occasion and went through It. We
found a small rip to the bottom of the 1
outside pocket, and going further dis
covered the key In the bottom lining.
That solved the mystery. As for his I
having pounded on the table with it j
and afterwards denied it, that was 1
easily accounted for by the fact that I
In his worriment I e had unconsciously 4
drawn it from his pocket and used it I
as you described and then replaced it I
mechanically without noticing what
he had held or remembering the n
cident. I accepted this as the correct
solution of the key incident, and then I
and there dismissed Bruce from all
connection with the matter. For had I
he entered into collusion with any
one else and loaned him the key for a
the night, the other person most cer- I
tainly would have been a professional
who owned his own tools and knew I
how to use them, and that idea as you I
know, I had already abandoned. Do 4
you get me?" I
"I think so. And having eliminated 1
Bruce, whom I all along told you was
innocent, you turned your attention (
to Richard Mackay as the next poe- I
slbility." My companion smiled faint- I
ly, thrusting his hands into his pock
ets and leaning forward in his chair.
"Yes, for about ten minutes. At the a
end of that time I had reasoned him I
out of the case. The man who 4
strangled your uncle was described I
by him as a large, strong man who 1
coughed peculiarly. That description 1
fitted Mackay to a dot, and furthq-- 1
more there was a possibility of hls I
having been Informed, through ftis 1
more or less familiar connection with I
Mrs. Dace's establishment, of the a
money being in the safe at this partic- I
ular time. Then, too, the incident of I
your having left your keys there for I
some days furnished a possible way I
by which he could have secured a
duplicate through a conspiracy with a
one of the household. But that he
did it personally was absurd. He is I
far and away above It He Is not 1
a burglar; he is a boodler. He has a I
million dollars of his own, and would i
no more risk himself in an act like a
this than you would for a handful of I
silver. And having previously strick- 4
en out the professional cracksmen be- a
cause of the crudeness of the Job, I i
was now compelled to eliminate o
Mackay and his friends because of I
the same reasoning that I had applied I
in Bruce's case. Had he turned the I
job over to some needy friend of his a
from the underworld, that person I
certainly would not have been a bun- I
gler. You see what that brought me I
to."
I arose In my chair with a mingled I
sensation of heat and cold climbing I
my spine and stiffening my hair. "Do 1
you mean to say as the last remaining I
possibility you fastened your suspi- I
cions upon me?' I gasped. Oe of a
his hands fastened upon my wrist I
with the snapping grip of a steel trap; t
his fingers biting likq teeth lato my
flesh. As in our school days I felt I
the piano wire strength of his tendons
and clinchqd my teeth between the
ferceness ef the clasp.
"Tom Halliday," he returned stern
ly, "you stole your uncle's money,"
Glaring at him. qulvering under an Im
pulse to tear myself from li.m and
strike him down, I first swelled my
muscles for the effort, then ietJag
them subside sank back with an eg
clamation of supreme disgust.
"So that was your ultimate analy
sis!" I said, with bitterest scorn. "Of
all the absurd, asinine idiots it was
ever my misfortune to come ln one
tact with. you are the most complete
-you, an alleged detective. But you
might as well finish your dream. I
will compel myself to listen." I tureed
my head from him contemptuously;
became aware that something cold
and metallic was tnapped around the
-rist which he held and leaped to may
Irot only to find myself handcuted to
sla, with her oumrd tobaeco pipe il
Its little basket, to attend her own
funeral. There was sot eves a Wall
from bwM."
Wireless for the Deeert
Dr. H. I Cofmaa is seerteg eetI
mates on the eost or Instainag a OW
rise of wireless telegra stam
that are to over the upper eaches
at the Coachlna desert. The pl m is
to staeilsh at eas ee stations ant
it tis probable that befre the n
mr seisn is oa the elealt IM Oe 4(
the arm at the bhev eakm sham
Frenzied with rage I made as awb
ward dive behind my back with t1
left hand lor my right hand hip pochae
as be aoeked his a r around ma
With the .uieknem r f thought be had
twisted a revolver rom my aigers
sad springing back laid It on the
dresser beyoad my r ach, as shackled
to the heavy piece of furniture I coaid
only stand quivering in helpless pen
$soo. Realizing my physical 6ap.
tence I sat down sul'enly.
"So you feared I would murder
yo." I sneered. He negatived.
"No, I did not thin a you would do
that. But I feared that you might
murder yourself. Do you wish me i to
proceed quietly, or shall I suma ei
your tacle to hear what I have to
say ' For a moment I hesitated as
I calmed myself by a mighty efort.
Tbere could be no good n getting
him excited. "It you have anything
more to say to me you may continat
or not, as you choose. I can scarcely
help hearing you, but you will regret
this outrage when I am set tree." He
did not seem to become either alarmed
or angry at the threat; on the coa
trary his voice was even smoother
than before as he resumed his seat.
"Tom," he continued, "I ,have al
ways been your friend and I wish to
always remain so. When I have dome
telling you what I know about this
crime we will talk about other ma.
ters, if you desire. But what I wish
to tell you additionally is this. I had
been compelled to eliminate everm
body but you, and was therefore coam
pelled, most regretfully, to start along
your trail. As my first step went to l
the hotel where you told me you
staid on the night of the crime; C
looked at the register and ascertained
the room that you had occupied. I e
gaged it, and went to It for the pss`
pose of a thorough inspection. It d
was a back room overlooking an allte C
and the Are escape ran close by oae a
of its windows. It at once occurred 1
to me, therefore, that it would have e
been the simplest thing in the woreld
for you. after having called up far
uncle and alter having left a req~est
at the office for a morning summoans d
In order to impress it upon the minds C
of others that you were in your roosm
at midnight. and thus establish an
alibi in case of suspicion, to have '
passed down the escape in the dark
ness, gone to any place you wished 0
and returned before daybreak. 1
therefore went down the ladder, as I C
assumed you had done, and at Its bet t
tom ehaaced upon what I consider
to have been the only piece of pure t
good luck that came my way in the I
whole case. For, mind you, I insist n
that the rest of my discoveries were
the result of experience in such mat I
ters, aided by close reasoning. Be "
that as it m·, at the foot of the lad 1
der I found your lost card ase. I I
could only account for its preses i
there In one way; namely, that it had
dropped from your pocket while yea I
were either descending or ascldtag
the ladder with your arms workldg I
above your head. That will perhaps 1
remind you of the other night wher I
you and I burglarised that oM6 s
downtowa. You will remember upen
that eesion I hbanded you yar I
match safe after we had come dewa I
and told you that I had picked it ru I
at the foot of the ladder we had j I
left; mentioning the fact that cliab' I
uing up and down under such esod t
tlons was apt to work a smooth b
tiUele out of one's vest pocket The I
is nothing truer than that statement,
and'l have no doubt but that tis M I
actly what happened in the erignal I
case of your lost card receptale. New
as a matter of fact. I extracted thi It
match safe from your pocket In the
darkness when you were occupied is I
pressing the potty against the windew I
in order that I might try as interes '
ing experiment. The experiment se t
ceeded. My calllng you:' attestIe
to the likelihood of losing such 91
tidesl under coditios siatmilar to thee
you had Just experienced, started a
trntin of thought is your mind. 1 knew
you were worried by the loss of yor
card case and were very desirous t
reganing it. My stratage of the ra
stored match boa made it occur ti
you that It was possible that you had I
lost your eard ease into n wout i
the window o the night of the crm~
and that there was a bare poeulblilt
that It had not been picked up au
that you would find tt among the rub t
bish back of the hotel. Having e ,
hoped sowed this thought in yoo
mind, I made an exeuse and left y5 £
You will recall that the pretet I
made for depaurthng was that I ph4e'
to make another experiment alone. I
imriediately made it, the oxperimeMt d
consisting of my going rapidly t the
head of the alley paesin the Pswei
hotel and waiting there for you. Tr'h
to my reasoning you wuent straight toi
the place where I had found the emrd
case, and lighting a cigar made a brief
search of the premises by the light af
the match, of course mussoenetll. .
Then as you ame hurryig into the
street you popped aInte my arms
where I had stood to watch If you
would fall into the trap. I rememaer
o expresin of surpris and dpa
pkjram at umspctedlyZ nsel m
there. u a excuse I told you that
the ertminall was downtown then aed
movins around considerably htmull
I magle that remark ratmer got I
to guessi."
(rTO a CONTINUED.)
S Unaeseeary Adviea.
A Botoe ebel taebher, au tit 1
iag afte 43 years' srvie bad thee
seugetions to make to young ,ome
teachers "A tltte barmlem Srtn g
ith tb•ee people with whem om aoe n
acqualinted will do mesh to rest the I
tired mitd aftera the arduous dutim
of the arboolrosm: be a live wire oe
ery mlauto: do no eat too mush.' 1
Advti tItve to thoe who aned it;
It Is easy to uess srhat eems eem
selheol teanherso m Hi
in operafs. peimests me 1
wiretless teleraub onver the deet
ads are id to haven bees high
s.ecseadl and is believed aso tre I
ha will e espera'esed in Joimim the
sveral sitais by meas of light
hatteres.-Palm Springe earresp 1
eo 1s Aagselss Times.
Whal i is the use bitts as a w
S - sppi to m theo inh a
drving wd." I'
The "Value
of a Man
B Edward A. Manb,
mDem rf d brsmw COmE d Mm*k al
TEXT w mach then I a man better
than a .b-em-Matt. 12:1
Jesus had Just
been at the feast
at Jerusalem and
was returning to
Galilee. He may
have been neering
Capernaum when
he encountered
the Phariseep who
complained of the
bad example his
disciples were set
ting by gathering
a few ripened
beads of wheat
which grew beside
the path. Jesus
then entered the
synagogue, where
he healed the man with the withered
hand, to which they also objected.
saying: "Is it lawful to heal on the
Sabbath day?" that they might aceause
him. Jesus replied with the simple
il!ustraton of the sheep ln a pit ad
closed by asking. "How much them is
a man better than a sheep?"
Mea and womeb are such poor
udges of vanes that they are easily
deceived. Merchants deepive their
customers with mitation silks, wools,
and all maner of grocery produts.
The milkman can water the milk and
escape detection except by the In
spector's test. iressled fnasee takes
millions of dollrs tfrm the pockets
of the poor. A faming ad. to the paper
draws people to California. Cripple
Creek. and the Kloadike for gold. Men
leave their fatillts without a living.
braking their promlse to maintain
wife and children, sad leave to follow
a willo'-the-wisp vllso of gold. Some
of them never return. All these things.
show the. Scklease and shallowness
of human Judgmat when it comes to
the estimate of values.
In any dealy peronse may d ao
tations of the value of attle, sheep.
hogs, eta.. but not of the value of a
man. On the fra te ahepherd carse
fully protects hi shep. A iamb.
born on a cold, ralay. spring day is
wrapped to a blanket placed by the
kithen fire; Chables hatched, are -
put to baskets. eoartdly sarded ant
fedn but, alas. the spiritual eare of a
man Is negleeted. i uan poisons
your sheep, he will be arrested. but
hundred salesabespern uight e
your hey a drink and not one of them
be hold respoible. They may rb
your boy of is money and manhood
until be rses his employment. and Io
complled to sleep In a tesCet lodg*
tag house with eathing to eat but
what be begs, ho they go snmeleete
and their business iL proteeed by the
law; while if your ba shetsd sa it
a crime, when WnO the thluen.e K
the liquor he got trmes one ot them.w
would e peultebd, and the eaim.
neper wouM esape. Poeeoning she
sheep is net pretested by law. "low
mua thm is a as better an a
seepr"
Sweat hops nt the slw death at
thousands because a the m fter
gold. A dollar is westhm ore as a
human ste. Aesldenls - gnuestly
happen bease of the pre e m arw
nees a the art at some one who at.
terly Mlled to CeenLde the asuee of a
man.
Gods estimate of the valu me n
sleep is estimated tn he arkt eI
th worM. se Ged eetimes the vWi
of a m by the maret of heave.
Jesus estimated that i you put a sot
lutem oek sce a betmos, a d the
whole woerd late the ether, th ml
wural outwesh the waedM hr thi
reaso t eal etmet havee an arth-,
ty ryats, becaude it weul take soee
than to whoe wed to but Suet one
Jesus leekd- at the flariees' view
oa thls by wYdLh thery , tote
their ogini n wo dered at thr
habvew ougesen t in the e tetien ef
the val e oa m ; as h must do to
da a h ses peeple estimating thd
relatte values o things the er
ad of the anpreelable war io which
the spead thr tim. Pele taks a
fan to seie bnebra an od a
foolish pria er t r t ia ar a a
two traner I to th attic ad then
to a secon dhan seen to make r emw
or somethig else w Mhc ho caght
teir fancy. Do yu rememer hew
may r tMgs to disoverd the 1t
time yu mred wrio pe had ae n
primed, e bu ot" ye ad aome wo
al "rabsht " ad hew yo vem ed
o wish I had he moe ot ts k I
spent a these? It was heesse wen
led net plaeds the g eer valu o
If ayn ad tedgeu thv fo the
have fmd that to haw av at the
ad.
When Christ ome to investigate the
conditon of the human rids and eo
what he sao do to meliorate the
inuritag esese by sia. h di at
waste hs time a trtbe by trying is
oreate a betteviarenmeat or pteak
ap the weabmomes of me. He dis
cvered tat the eed bus a new men
ad that the only way to seur-this
was to pay his tife for ma's redemp
tion.s The oly way for us to get the
loos at temI tthrogh th eyes of
Christ, When he leoks out upoa the
world e seen that s can ake an
proress ptil hi tae l destiny is
There are deeb asw Christians
but what feel from tme to the that
the s- the - here and they
to gratify passona or fancy is wore
tan wasted. There in only one way
to easeet tis bUt asd that in to ask
Gso to give yo th tie vole aC
the esemieral ra ag aheta e